math problems

What started out as a tweet asking followers to solve a (seemingly) very simple math problem turned into quite the heated debate between laypeople and mathematiciansalike about the correct way to use the order of operations. Needless to say, most of us have not so much as looked at a math problem since high school. Yikes.

We know that math has a bad reputation for being the most hated school subject by the average kid, but the truth is, a lot of big-brained geeks out there are obsessed with numbers and equations—and there's plenty of reason to be! Without math, we never could have sent rockets into space. We would never know how much to tip a bartender, let alone split a check between a group of ten. Without math, we'd probably be cold, confused, and sitting around eating dirt all day. Don't ask me why, I just have a feeling that's what a math-less society would look like. We're celebrating math with this dank collection of hilarious math memes. Unless you're a math enthusiast, you probably won't understand half of these, but at least you can laugh at them in front of your friends to look smart.